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Fifth Samsung executive to get prison time in DRAM probe
WASHINGTON AFP — A top executive of South Korean electronics giant Samsung's US division agreed to plead guilty and serve 10 months in prison for his role in a price-fixing conspiracy, officials said. The Korean executive, Young Hwan Park, was accused of participating in the a global scheme to fix...
US executive for Japan firm gets prison in DRAM probe
WASHINGTON AFP — A former US executive for a Japanese chipmaker agreed to plead guilty and accept a seven-month prison term for participating in a global price-fixing conspiracy, officials said. The Justice Department said D. James Sogas of Burlingame, California, former vice president for Japan-based Elpida Memory, also agreed to...
DOJ: Samsung Executive Agrees to Plead Guilty, Serve Jail Time for Participating in Dram Price-Fixing Conspiracy ; U.S. ExecutiveAdmits Role in Global Cartel, Agrees to Prison Term
WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A San Jose, Calif., executive of Samsung Semiconductor Inc. -- the world's largest manufacturer of a common computer component called dynamic random access memory or DRAM -- has agreed to plead guilty and to serve WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 /U.S. Newswire/ -- A San...
Incriminating e-mails cast long shadows.(Rambus Inc.)
By Staff Rambus won a battle in June in its long campaign to use evidence from the Department of Justice's DRAM price-fixing probe in its war against memory manufacturers. Although the legal ramifications are unclear, the win may at...
Incriminating e-mails cast long shadows (Electronic Business)
Rambus won a battle in June in its long campaign to use evidence from the Department of Justice's DRAM price-fixing probe in its war against memory manufacturers. Although the legal ramifications are unclear, the win may at least sway public perception. The company released several...
US chip probe spreads to Mitsubishi Electric
TOKYO AFP — Japanese electronics maker Mitsubishi Electric Corp said that US antitrust investigators have requested details of its past memory chip sales as part of a wider investigation. Mitsubishi confirmed Monday that the US Department of Justice's DoJ antitrust division had asked for documents and other information related...
US DOJ Antitrust Investigation Over Mitsubishi Electric DRAM Sales
TOKYO -- Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO:6503) (President and CEO: Setsuhiro Shimomura) announced today that one of Mitsubishi Electric Corporation's subsidiaries has recently been contacted by United States Department of Justice's DOJ Antitrust Division seeking information about the sale of Mitsubishi Electric DRAM in the United States for the period 1998...
Electronics giant Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay a $300 million fine to settle a three-year old DRAM price-fixing case brought about by U.S. Justice Department.(Brief Article)
Electronics giant Samsung Electronics has agreed to pay a $300 million fine to settle a three-year old DRAM price-fixing case brought about by U.S. Justice Department. Guilty pleas have already come in from two other top DRAM manufacturers, Infineo Electronics giant Samsung Electronics has...
Justice department continues DRAM price-fixing probe.(electronics & technology news)(Dynamic random access memory)(Brief Article)
DRAM analysts say they are not sure what impact an ongoing investigation of price fixing by DRAM manufacturers is having on DRAM prices. The Department of Justice investigation into the DRAM industry has been going on for nearly three years. ...
DOJ cracks down on antitrust: penalties gets harsher in cases such as DRAM price fixing.(Department of Justice)
If visions of Martha Stewart in an orange prison jumpsuit are starting to fade, you may want to refresh your memory. Under stricter guidelines approved by the Bush administration in 2004, high-ranking executives convicted of wrongdoing are more likely to spend time in jail. ...
Rambus' trials continue: IP company brings another lawsuit, and fresh evidence, against DRAM makers.(Profile)(Intellectual Property, Dynamic Random Access Memory)
Sometimes it seems that Rambus will never get out of court. In a move that seems designed to pressure DRAM makers to settle ongoing litigation with the company, Rambus filed an antitrust lawsuit in May against Hynix Semiconductor, Micron Technology, Infineon Technologies...
U.S. Justice Department. (Prices: Factors Affecting Product Cost).(Brief Article)
* Keep an eye on a probe of the DRAM industry by the U.S. Justice Department. The antitrust division of the department is looking into pricing practices of DRAM ... * Keep an eye on a probe of the DRAM industry by the U.S. Justice...
Dude, you're getting an investigation: did Dell spark Justice Department's DRAM probe?
The U.S. Department of Justice DOJ investigation into alleged anti-competitive practices among DRAM manufacturers has left industry analysts shocked, surprised and curious. If the investigation was sparked by alleged price collusion among DRAM manufacturers, who pointed the finger? Micron Technology Inc., the sole U.S.-based DRAM manufacturer, was the first...
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Arctic Glacier Cooperates Fully With Related U.S. Department of Justice Investigation
Arctic Glacier Income Fund (TSX: AG.UN) announced that its operating subsidiary, Arctic Glacier Inc., was notified today that the Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice is investigating whether the Company has violated the False Claims Act by entering into allegedly anticompetitive agreements that may have affected sales...
Legal Opinions - 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals: November 24,
Criminal Procedure Brady claim BOTTOM LINE: District court properly denied criminal defendant's petition for writ of habeas corpus where a different result could not have obtained at trial if purported Brady evidence had been disclosed. CASE: Mosley v. Branker, US4th No....
Presidential pardons can show system works
As President Bush's term nears its end, rumors abound that he will grant a lot of final pardons. Hundreds of clemency applications have been filed with the Justice Department in the past year, a reflection of the popular belief that pardoning is an end-of-term phenomenon in which all presidents indulge....
Black asks Bush for pardon
'Cheeky' attempt unlikely to succeed, experts say Request puts spotlight on President's absolute power CONRAD BLACK, the disgraced peer and former press baron who was sentenced to six-and-a-half years in prison last year for pocketing illicit millions, has asked George Bush to use his presidential powers...
Mukasey collapses during speech
WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the no-nonsense former federal judge who took over the Justice Department after Alberto Gonzales resigned in disgrace, collapsed during a speech Thursday night and lost consciousness. The 67-year-old Mukasey was rushed to George Washington University Hospital, where his condition was not...
Research and Markets: Successful Clinical Integration Initiatives in Physician Organizations: How to Build a FTC Compliant Program Audio Conference
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/f073ed/successful_clinica) has announced the addition of the "Successful Clinical Integration Initiatives in Physician Organizations: How to Build a FTC Compliant Program Audio Conference" report to their offering. The FTC and Department of Justice have described a clinically integrated network as one that...
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